The schiribilla bird of the Galápagos Islands was observed by Charles Darwin in 1835 but has been missing ever since — until now.

Spring is in the air, and to the joy of bird watchers, the first migratory songbirds have begun trickling back into the urban ...

The white-necked jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) is a jewel-toned hummingbird found in the neotropical lowlands of South ...

Swallow-tailed kites flash overhead in Florida during the spring months as they hunt just above the tree canopies.

If there were any contender for a real-life equivalent to the Oliphaunts of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, it would be ...

SpaceX and the U.S. Air Force plan to test hypersonic cargo rockets on Johnston Atoll, a Pacific wildlife refuge home to over ...

Many species of animals and birds were injured and displaced by ex-tropical cyclone Alfred several weeks ago. Now, an effort ...

A hummingbird chick in Panama mimics a poisonous caterpillar to avoid predators—a rare case of bird-to-insect mimicry. When ...

The elusive Potoo, known for its eerie nighttime calls and remarkable stillness, fascinates observers in the forests of Central and South America.

The animal world is always full of surprises. Even a long-studied species can hold a few secrets hidden between their fur or ...

Inspired by naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace’s visit nearly two centuries ago, an isolated Indigenous community in Brazil ...